434: Dr. Bai: You should come.

“I don’t know.”

“But I have a few guesses.”

Yang Dian said, while having the Jingwei Bird set up more operating tables and taking out the Divine Beasts recorded in the classic of mountains and seas, such as Shangfu, Boxi, and Nine-Tailed Fox, one by one from their spatial bubbles and placing them on the operating tables:

“First, countless years ago, a mythical civilization truly existed on Earth.”

“Second, perhaps they were an alien fleet that passed by Earth a long time ago.”

“They passed by, or died due to some accident during their exploration of Earth, and were then buried underground by their companions.”

“Shangfu and Boxi were chickens and sheep for eating, Huodou were dogs for guarding, Nine-Tailed Foxes were pets for playing, Yinglong were their war beasts…”

“Third, Earth was invaded by Dimensions before, and for a certain period, it was a Blessed Land for another planet.”

“Later, that planet lost the Dimensional War, the planet shattered, and Earth, which luckily wasn’t affected, broke free from its ‘captured’ state and regained its freedom.”

“As for humans and various animals on Earth, they are descendants of the Divine Beasts and gods of the mountains and seas, they are Innate beings.”

“However, Earth had no Spiritual Qi, or the Spiritual Qi declined for some reason, turning it into a world without Qi.”

“To adapt to the environment, we degenerated into our current appearance.”

“In ancient times, we might have been very powerful.”

“The Awakening of abilities after the Qi Revival is corroborating evidence.”

“The planets where the Lizardmen and Lingwen Clan are located also have Spiritual Qi, but they do not have the phenomenon of Awakening Innate abilities.”

As he spoke, Yang Dian placed 12 creatures resembling the legendary Divine Beasts of the mountains and seas onto the operating tables, one by one.

Just as he picked up the scalpel, the Jingwei Bird flapped its wings again, making a sound:

“General Yang, Dr. Bai, Professor Professor Shen Congnan of Sichuan University’s Department of Biology, and Lu Song, Dean of the Huaxia Academy of Biology, among others, have learned of your acquisition of the [Divine Beast] remains and have applied to jointly research the [Divine Beast].”

Yang Dian put down the scalpel and spread his hands at Professor Shen Fei:

“Well, the crowd is growing.”

After a complaint, Yang Dian turned his head to look at the Jingwei Bird:

“Too many hands make for a mess.”

“Let those at the dean level come; the others can wait.”

“When they are needed, research tasks will certainly be assigned.”

As his voice fell, 13 streams of light projected from the cameras in the Research Institute.

After 11 of them appeared, they first greeted Yang Dian and Professor Shen Fei, then quickly ‘walked’ to the operating tables, eager to shove their eyes into the Divine Beasts’ bodies.

Professor Shen Congnan greeted Yang Dian and then stood beside Professor Shen Fei, instructing his nephew to get busy.

Dr. Bai surveyed the large Research Institute, then came to Yang Dian and asked curiously:

“Where did you find these creatures?”

“Have you discovered a new planet?”

Hearing the strange emotion in Dr. Bai’s voice, Yang Dian shook his head with a slightly solemn expression:

“They weren’t found outside; I had the Dimension Butterfly search underground and found them in a magma river 50,000 meters beneath the surface.”

After explaining the Origin of the Divine Beasts, Yang Dian also talked about the Strange Star and the Strange Heavenly Dao.

Finally, he said:

“The Strange Heavenly Dao might know much more than we do.”

“But I couldn’t get anything out of it, so I tried having the Dimension Butterfly search underground.”

“I didn’t expect to actually find something.”

As Yang Dian’s voice fell, Dr. Bai, whose expression had become solemn, also spoke:

“If it’s truly as you say, does that mean we will also face threats left by our ‘ancestors’?”

“I’m just guessing.” Yang Dian picked up the scalpel from the tray again and looked at Dr. Bai:

“You or me?”

“I’ll do it.” Dr. Bai glanced at the Jingwei Bird but said nothing.

But the Jingwei Bird seemed to have received some command and immediately activated the four-dimensional quantum projection System, materializing Dr. Bai’s projected body.

So, with envious and longing gazes from the deans of various biology academies, Dr. Bai took the scalpel from Yang Dian’s hand and cut into the transparent crystal that was either Sealing or protecting the Divine Beasts.

After a few attempts to cut it without success, and after using instruments to test the crystal and the scalpel, confirming that no material had been cut away, Dr. Bai somewhat helplessly handed the scalpel to Yang Dian:

“The crystal is a bit hard; I can’t cut it.”

“You do it.”

Yang Dian smiled faintly, took the scalpel, and placed the tip on the crystal.

“Eh~” After a couple of attempts, Yang Dian also let out a soft exclamation.

“It is indeed a bit hard.”

One could only say it truly lived up to its reputation as a treasure capable of protecting the Divine Beasts’ bodies for countless years, undamaged, 50,000 meters deep underground; it was incomparably hard.

Yang Dian’s casual attempts to cut it also left no marks.

His fingertips gradually applied more force.

A moment later, the scalpel emitted a soft ‘clang’ under the pressure, breaking into two pieces.

Yang Dian also exclaimed in surprise:

“What kind of material is this? I used almost a tenth of my strength, and the knife broke, yet it couldn’t leave a mark on it.”

Dr. Bai silently pulled out the broken half of the scalpel that had stuck into his forehead.

‘My specially made scalpel can only withstand a tenth of his physical strength?’

Gritting his back teeth, Dr. Bai continued:

“Try cutting it with other methods?”

“For example, use your Dragon Claw Hand, or have the Dimension Butterfly use spatial power to cut off some crystal.”

Yang Dian nodded, shook his hand, then gathered his Qi and blood at his fingertips, forming sharp Dragon Claws.

“First, let’s try the Dragon Claw Hand.”

As he spoke, a sharp and piercing friction sound echoed in the Research Institute; Professor Shen Fei instinctively frowned, covered his ears, and showed a pained expression.

Noticing Professor Shen Fei’s abnormal state, Yang Dian stopped his movements and looked at him:

“Professor, are you alright?”

Professor Shen Fei shook his head, then frowned and said:

“That piercing sound just now seemed to have a rhythm; I feel like it’s an audio frequency, containing some kind of emotion.”

“But I can’t analyze it.”

“Audio frequency? Emotion?”

Yang Dian’s heart beat rapidly twice:

“This crystal is alive?”

Thoughts raced through his mind for a few turns, then Yang Dian looked at Dr. Bai beside him:

“Should we continue cutting, or directly put the entire crystal, along with the Divine Beasts inside, into a neutrino dating device for testing, or analyze the audio frequency first?”

As Yang Dian’s voice fell, Professor Shen Fei couldn’t help but add:

“It’s also possible I misheard.”

Dr. Bai and the others exchanged glances, then looked at Yang Dian and said:

“What do you think is more appropriate?”

Yang Dian pondered for a moment, then reached out and scooped the Big Black Cat, with its tongue hanging out, from his home to the Research Institute.

He patted its head.

Seeing that the Big Black Cat, high on catnip, didn’t react, he somewhat awkwardly took out a drop of Star Core Origin energy and dripped it into the Big Black Cat’s mouth.